sponge-v; 5 Senses

Sense Number 1: Wipe or clean with a sponge.

Commentary: Includes: SPONGE DOWN, SPONGE OFF

Examples:
We sponged down the blackboard.
I sponged off the bathroom floor to get the dirt out.
She sponged her ailing mother's back.

Mappings:
VerbNet: wipe_instr-10.4.2
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1, 3
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
sponge_down 1, 2
sponge_off

Sense Number 2: Ask for and get something for free.

Examples:
She sponged food from all her friends.
He sponges all sorts of goods from us.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2

Sense Number 3: Soak up (as if) with a sponge.

Commentary: Includes: SPONGE UP

Examples:
Sponge up the spilled milk from the counter.
He sponges up so much information every day.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 4
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
sponge_up 1

Sense Number 4: Gather sponges in the ocean.

Examples:
They sponged for hours this morning.
He likes to sponge during low tide.

Mappings:
VerbNet: berry-13.7
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: sponge.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 5

Sense Number 5: Apply with a sponge.

Commentary: Is: SPONGE ON

Examples:
The painter sponged on his washes.
I sponged on some finish.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: NM
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
sponge_on 1